From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Apex vs GNAT on solaris
Date: 1999/12/08
Date: 1999-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccd7shv5mz.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 82ku6s$jhi$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> writes:
> In article <384cfdb3.691883075@newsnew.draper.com>,
> rracine@myremarq.com (Roger Racine) wrote:
> > Others will assume that the default options are the best
> > options.
>
> They will assume wrong, there is no "best options", there is
> only the appropriate options for your particular use.
Right! If there were a "best" value for any given option, then the
compiler writer would be foolish to have the option. Instead, the
compiler should just always do what is best. Options are costly -- they
can greatly increase the difficulty of testing, for example.
The reason options exist is that there are tradeoffs -- sometimes you
want fast compile times, sometimes you're willing to put up with slow
compile times in order to get better efficiency. Neither one is
"better".
- Bob
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1999-12-07 0:00 Apex vs GNAT on solaris reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` reason67
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Roger Racine
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-12-07 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Roger Racine
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Roger Racine
1999-12-08 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Roger Racine
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-16 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
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